Wrocław
City in Poland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Rynek Starego Miasta We Wroclawiu (152991773): Hrs Poland, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Wrocław is a city in Poland, in Lower Silesia. About 672,545 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Poland in our atlas.
It lies at 51.10° N, 17.03° E, about 115 m (377 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Warsaw time zone.
Location
Red dot: Wrocław. Green dots: other major cities of Poland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Wrocław has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (22°F). Around 634 mm (25 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PolandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Poznań · 145 km
- Katowice · 167 km
- Łódź · 186 km
- Kraków · 233 km
- Bydgoszcz · 234 km
- Warsaw · 304 km
- Szczecin · 311 km
- Gdańsk · 378 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3081368 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1799 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Rynek Starego Miasta We Wroclawiu (152991773): Hrs Poland, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2017 Sky Tower we Wrocławiu: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wroclaw - Muzeum Narodowe: Jar.ciurus, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wrocławskie ZOO neon fot BMaliszewska: Barbara Maliszewska, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wroclaw-Rathaus: User:Kolossos, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stadion Olimpijski04: Strumyczek, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ogród Botaniczny UWr 2023-07-21 01: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Most Grunwaldzki Wroclaw 2024 aerial: Emptywords, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Opera, Breslavia, Polonia, 2017-12-20, DD 23-25 HDR: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
